Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biomed, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which rose 2.84% or 4.6 points to trade at 166.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.07% or 1450 points to end at 71450 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.00% or 570 points to 29030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 2.06% or 207 points to trade at 9863 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.78% or 20 points to end at 1105 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was down 1.50% or 470 points to 30880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 193 to 191 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.32% or 0.81 to $60.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.89% or 0.57 to hit $63.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.70 to trade at $1319.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.4584, while EUR/ILS fell 0.59% to 4.2641.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 90.04.